CLIFTONVILLE
1890-91 Founder member of Belfast & District League
1891-92 Three games left unplayed
1892-93 Belfast & District League runner-up
1895-96 Belfast & District League runner-up (lost title play-off - Distillery 2
Cliftonville 1)
1896-97 Belfast & District League runner-up (on goal average)
1901-02 Belfast & District League changed name to Irish League
1902-03 Two points deducted
1905-06 Joint Irish League Champions (after two drawn play-off games,
Cliftonville 0 Distillery 0, Cliftonville 3 Distillery 3)
1907-08 Irish League runner-up (on goal average)
1908-09 One game left unplayed
1909-10 Irish League Champions (2nd time)
1915 Irish League suspended for duration of World War I. "Unofficial"
Belfast & District League run instead
1919-20 Irish League re-commenced after World War I
1993-94 Three points deducted
1995-96 Placed in Premier Division on league re-organisation
1997-98 Irish League Champions (3rd time)
1998-99 Escaped relegation after play-off (Ards 0 Cliftonville 1, Cliftonville 4
Ards 2, Agg 5-2)
1999-00 Escaped relegation after play-off (Ards 0 Cliftonville 2, Cliftonville 1
Ards 0, Agg 3-0)
2003-04 Irish League Premier Division replaced by Irish Premier League
Escaped relegation after play-off (Armagh City 0 Cliftonville 3,
Cliftonville 1 Armagh City 1, Agg 4-1)
2008-09 Irish Premier League replaced by IFA Premiership
2009-10 IFA Premiership runner-up
2012-13 IFA Premiership Champions
2013-14 IFA Leagues renamed Northern Ireland Football League
NIFL Premiership Champions
2019-20 Season ended early to due Covid-19 virus. League decided on a
points per game basis
2021-22 NIFL Premiership runner-up
SEASON LEAGUE P W D L F A P POS
1890-91 BELF 14 7 3 4 37 46 17 4/8
1891-92 BELF 13 4 2 7 28 36 10 6/10
1892-93 BELF 10 7 1 2 28 18 15 2/6
1893-94 BELF 10 4 2 4 22 25 10 3/6
1894-95 BELF 6 1 1 4 10 17 3 4/4
1895-96 BELF 6 3 2 1 14 9 8 2/4
1896-97 BELF 10 4 3 3 22 20 11 2/6
1897-98 BELF 10 6 1 3 23 17 13 2/6
1898-99 BELF 10 6 0 4 19 12 12 3/6
1899-00 BELF 10 3 4 3 19 22 10 4/6
1900-01 BELF 10 3 4 3 17 18 10 4/6
1901-02 IRISH 14 7 2 5 24 14 16 4/8
1902-03 IRISH 14 5 3 6 17 21 11 * 6/8
1903-04 IRISH 14 5 2 7 22 31 12 5/8
1904-05 IRISH 14 6 1 7 17 17 13 5/8
1905-06 IRISH 14 7 5 2 19 8 19 1/8
1906-07 IRISH 14 4 6 4 18 16 14 4/8
1907-08 IRISH 14 6 5 3 22 16 17 2/8
1908-09 IRISH 13 4 2 7 17 19 10 7/8
1909-10 IRISH 14 8 4 2 25 15 20 1/8
1910-11 IRISH 14 5 4 5 16 22 14 4/8
1911-12 IRISH 14 3 1 10 14 36 7 7/8
1912-13 IRISH 18 8 3 7 23 23 19 5/10
1913-14 IRISH 14 3 0 11 15 29 6 8/8
1914-15 IRISH 14 4 1 9 13 29 9 7/8
1915-16 BELF 10 2 4 4 7 14 8 5/6
1916-17 BELF 10 3 3 4 9 10 9 4/6
1917-18 BELF 10 1 4 5 9 16 6 4/6
1918-19 BELF 10 1 3 6 7 16 5 6/6
1919-20 IRISH 14 2 5 7 11 22 9 7/8
1920-21 IRISH 8 1 1 6 5 15 3 4/5
1921-22 IRISH 10 1 1 8 3 13 3 6/6
1922-23 IRISH 10 2 2 6 11 19 6 5/6
1923-24 IRISH 18 6 6 6 24 24 18 6/10
1924-25 IRISH 22 6 4 12 21 32 16 10/12
1925-26 IRISH 22 4 6 12 29 39 14 11/12
1926-27 IRISH 22 7 3 12 32 40 17 9/12
1927-28 IRISH 26 5 3 18 29 72 13 14/14
1928-29 IRISH 26 3 4 19 32 73 10 13/14
1929-30 IRISH 26 5 2 19 40 77 12 14/14
1930-31 IRISH 26 11 2 13 54 70 24 8/14
1931-32 IRISH 26 11 5 10 59 55 27 7/14
1932-33 IRISH 26 5 6 15 54 74 16 13/14
1933-34 IRISH 26 11 0 15 50 78 22 10/14
1934-35 IRISH 26 8 3 15 45 69 19 11/14
1935-36 IRISH 26 9 5 12 49 61 23 9/14
1936-37 IRISH 26 9 6 11 56 64 24 8/14
1937-38 IRISH 26 2 6 18 27 86 10 14/14
1938-39 IRISH 26 5 2 19 38 81 12 13/14
1939-40 IRISH 26 3 1 22 40 99 7 14/14
1940-41 IRISH 28 2 1 25 40 117 5 8/8
1941-42 IRISH 20 2 3 15 29 64 7 6/6
1942-43 IRISH 20 3 2 15 26 70 8 6/6
1943-44 IRISH 20 5 1 14 29 51 11 5/6
1944-45 IRISH 20 2 0 18 23 69 4 6/6
1945-46 IRISH 20 2 4 14 24 73 8 6/6
1946-47 IRISH 28 3 3 22 46 114 9 8/8
1947-48 IRISH 22 7 4 11 36 47 18 9/12
1948-49 IRISH 22 9 5 8 44 38 23 4/12
1949-50 IRISH 22 3 4 15 34 65 10 12/12
1950-51 IRISH 22 7 2 13 42 60 16 8/12
1951-52 IRISH 22 4 4 14 27 47 12 12/12
1952-53 IRISH 22 8 3 11 37 61 19 9/12
1953-54 IRISH 22 3 2 17 26 67 8 12/12
1954-55 IRISH 22 10 4 8 50 38 24 3/12
1955-56 IRISH 22 5 4 13 33 62 14 11/12
1956-57 IRISH 22 2 2 18 31 79 6 12/12
1957-58 IRISH 22 2 2 18 35 86 6 12/12
1958-59 IRISH 22 2 1 19 20 92 5 12/12
1959-60 IRISH 22 2 0 20 22 75 4 12/12
1960-61 IRISH 22 3 0 19 33 93 6 12/12
1961-62 IRISH 22 0 5 17 17 73 5 12/12
1962-63 IRISH 22 2 5 15 24 56 9 11/12
1963-64 IRISH 22 2 2 18 24 80 6 12/12
1964-65 IRISH 22 1 0 21 17 100 2 12/12
1965-66 IRISH 22 1 4 17 23 96 6 12/12
1966-67 IRISH 22 2 4 16 23 59 8 12/12
1967-68 IRISH 22 2 1 19 26 85 5 12/12
1968-69 IRISH 22 3 5 14 24 58 11 11/12
1969-70 IRISH 22 1 4 17 20 51 6 12/12
1970-71 IRISH 22 3 6 13 26 53 12 11/12
1971-72 IRISH 22 2 4 16 19 64 8 12/12
1972-73 IRISH 22 3 1 18 18 66 7 11/12
1973-74 IRISH 22 3 3 16 20 56 9 11/12
1974-75 IRISH 22 3 4 15 19 54 10 11/12
1975-76 IRISH 22 6 4 12 32 46 16 9/12
1976-77 IRISH 22 4 2 16 20 51 10 12/12
1977-78 IRISH 22 10 5 7 34 38 25 4/12
1978-79 IRISH 22 7 7 8 31 29 21 7/12
1979-80 IRISH 22 10 6 6 29 16 26 4/12
1980-81 IRISH 22 5 5 12 20 37 15 10/12
1981-82 IRISH 22 9 6 7 33 28 24 5/12
1982-83 IRISH 22 10 4 8 30 24 24 6/12
1983-84 IRISH 26 12 7 7 28 23 31 3/14
1984-85 IRISH 26 10 8 8 37 36 28 5/14
1985-86 IRISH 26 8 9 9 31 34 25 8/14
1986-87 IRISH 26 8 9 9 34 29 33 8/14
1987-88 IRISH 26 6 8 12 18 38 26 10/14
1988-89 IRISH 26 9 9 8 42 30 36 7/14
1989-90 IRISH 26 9 8 9 37 39 35 8/14
1990-91 IRISH 30 14 7 9 59 41 49 6/16
1991-92 IRISH 30 7 10 13 27 34 31 12/16
1992-93 IRISH 30 10 3 17 42 48 33 11/16
1993-94 IRISH 30 11 10 9 41 32 40 * 8/16
1994-95 IRISH 30 13 11 6 44 32 50 6/16
1995-96 IRISH-P 28 6 11 11 28 49 29 6/8
1996-97 IRISH-P 28 7 9 12 23 38 30 7/8
1997-98 IRISH-P 36 20 8 8 49 37 68 1/10
1998-99 IRISH-P 36 7 14 15 31 47 35 9/10
1999-00 IRISH-P 36 7 13 16 38 59 34 9/10
2000-01 IRISH-P 36 12 11 13 53 57 47 5/10
2001-02 IRISH-P 36 9 11 16 37 46 38 6/10
2002-03 IRISH-P 38 9 14 15 37 43 41 9/12
2003-04 IRISH P 30 6 8 16 27 45 26 15/16
2004-05 IRISH P 30 9 7 14 29 44 34 11/16
2005-06 IRISH P 30 13 8 9 45 35 47 5/16
2006-07 IRISH P 30 18 7 5 47 26 61 3/16
2007-08 IRISH P 30 18 6 6 55 32 60 3/16
2008-09 IFA-Ps 38 12 14 12 52 48 50 6/12
2009-10 IFA-Ps 38 21 6 11 69 42 69 2/12
2010-11 IFA-Ps 38 17 7 14 60 56 58 4/12
2011-12 IFA-Ps 38 21 6 11 83 62 69 3/12
2012-13 IFA-Ps 38 29 4 5 95 38 91 1/12
2013-14 NIFL Ps 38 26 7 5 88 39 85 1/12
2014-15 NIFL Ps 38 16 13 9 71 47 61 5/12
2015-16 NIFL Ps 38 18 10 10 58 53 64 4/12
2016-17 NIFL Ps 38 17 7 14 55 50 58 5/12
2017-18 NIFL Ps 38 20 5 13 68 45 65 5/12
2018-19 NIFL Ps 38 19 4 15 70 66 61 5/12
2019-20 NIFL Ps 31 18 5 8 48 22 59 4/12
2020-21 NIFL Ps 38 17 9 12 59 42 60 5/12
2021-22 NIFL Ps 38 24 10 4 61 29 82 2/12
2022-23 NIFL Ps 38 20 8 10 66 53 68 4/12
2023-24 NIFL Ps
F.A. CUP
1886-87 3 PARTICK THISTLE H 0-11
1888-89 3Q LIVERPOOL STANLEY H W/O
4Q LINFIELD ATHLETIC H 3-3
4Qr LINFIELD ATHLETIC A 3-3
4Qr2 LINFIELD ATHLETIC A 0-7
1890-91 4Q CHESTER{1} A SCR
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